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Course: 2024/2025

Roman Law

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Bachelor in Law (2008 Study Plan) (Plan: 149 - Estudio: 206)

Coordinating teacher: CARRASCO GARCIA, MARIA CONSUELO

Department assigned to the subject: Private Law Department

Type: Basic Core

ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 1º

Semester: 1º

Branch of knowledge: Social Sciences and Law

Skills and learning outcomes

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Description of contents: programme

- Introduction to the study of Roman law and its reception in Europe - History, political and constitutional organization and sources of law -The subject of rights (natural persons and artificial persons) - Roman civil process law ("legis actiones"; "per formulas"; "cognitio extraordinem") - Real rights (property, possession and other real rights such as use, easement, and rights of guarantee) - Obligations (elements, sources, performance, ways of extinguishing obligations, guarantee)

Learning activities and methodology

Problem based learning

Assessment System

% end-of-term-examination 50
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50

Calendar of Continuous assessment

The mark obtained by the student shall take into account: a continuous evaluation, with a value of 50% of the final mark, and an exam at the end of the sessions, which shall entail the 50% left
The mentioned continuous evaluation shall be made taking into account the work of the student during the course, among other things, through the comment of literary and legal texts, watching and commenting films, and the making of written papers and oral statements, whether individually or in groups. The continuous evaluation system requires the student to attend at least 80% of the sessions.

The final exam (50% of the mark) shall consist of questions made to grade the student's understanding of the theory lessons, as well as his capacity to proceed to the application in practice of the knowledge acquired. 

* To pass the exam it shall be necessary to obtain a minimun of 2.5 points.

Extraordinary call: regulations

Basic Bibliography

Schiavone, A., . The invention of law in the West. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. 2012 (2005).
Edited by Nasti. F/Schiavone, A.. Jurists and legal science in the history of roman law. Routledge (London and NY)/Giappicchelli (Torino). 2022
Johnston, D., ed. 2015. . The Cambridge companion to Roman law. Cambridge Univ. Press., Cambridge (UK). 2015
Robinson, O. F., . The sources of Roman law: Problems and methods for ancient historians. Routledge, London (UK). 1997
Stein, P., . Roman law in European history. Cambridge Univ. Press, New York. 1999
Tellegen-Couperus, O. E.,. A short history of Roman law. London, Routledge. 1993

Electronic Resources *

Copus Iuris Civilis, · Codex, : https://droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/Anglica/codjust_Scott.htm
Corpus Iuris Civilis · Instituta : https://droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/Anglica/iust_institut_Scott.html
Corpus Iuris Civilis · Novellae : https://droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/Anglica/Novellae_Scott.htm
Corpus Iuris Civilis, · Digesta, : http:// https://droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/Anglica/digest_Scott.htm

Additional Bibliography

Codex: https://droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/Anglica/codjust_Scott.htm. Digesta: https://droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/Anglica/digest_Scott.htm . Instituta: https://droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/Anglica/iust_institut_Scott.html. Novellae: https://droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/Anglica/Novellae_Scott.htm
The Digest of Justinian. Edited by Alan Watson. University of Pennsylvania. 2011

Electronic Resources *

Juan Miquel · "Quaestiones" : https://www.dropbox.com/s/kixjfmgdipremue/quaestiones.zip Para hacer descarga: https://eu-lti.bbcollab.com/collab/ui/session/playback/load/c1e84bc711b74c58bb8354fbb946b98d

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